billsfan89

Gonna have to see the draft but as of now I would say the Fins are still the second best team. The Pats are a bit of a dark horse as if Maye can develop in year two with a solid draft and free agency infusing some talent around him they could push past the Fins and Jets.

Douglas was not “really bad” last year. Was he great? No. He was a middle of the road boundary corner. The rest of your analysis is spot on.

Seems “fine” Raiders need a longer term direction at QB but Geno isn’t a bad QB either.

Douglas looked like he lost half a step last year but he was still a fundamentally sound “starting caliber” corner. And this team desperately needs something at corner even if Douglas might not be the most exciting options he’s not likely to be expensive, he knows the system; and he is more than capable as a starter even if he’s far from elite. Grabbing Douglas before the draft opens the Bills up to not having any “glaring” holes and they can just draft BPA at any position of need rounds 1-4.

I think so too, I know a lot of fans maybe want something more there but on a one year deal just to have a good stable option going into the draft sounds like a good idea to me. Having a stable starting option for one more season to compete with a rookie can’t be bad

Another one and less than 20 million a year. 4 out of 5 drafted free agents taken care of. Cook is going to be tricky but now McBeane only has one more to go. I do hope they also consider getting McGovern signed to an extension. He’s only gonna be 28 and at a position that plays at a high level into their 30’s.

I think teams are more aware of comp picks so these above average older vets usually don’t get signed until after the draft. If I were the Bills I would look at Douglas to at least have some sort of decent vet option at CB

I was so sure Jasper was gonna be a player of note. Didn’t pan out

I think that’s a stereotype of the Lifetime channel left over from the 90’s and 00’s

They really are gonna make one of these movies for every team eventually aren’t they?

Von up until his Thanksgiving day injury was averaging a sack a game only playing 55% of snaps. He was a true game changer he just got hurt on a kind of freak play.

Seems like a "fine" move to get a stable vet in there. Not gonna light the world on fire but you could do worse.

Seems like a desperation move for the Pats and not a good one either.

No but if you eat up 4 seconds on a squibb kick there's only time for 2 plays. So it means that as long as you don't let up a massive return (say you give the Chiefs the ball at the 30-35 KC only has one play to move the ball up to field goal rang vs. the two they had.

There’s a big gap between the team could use a big piece vs there’s no talent besides Josh is all I am saying.

Bills do have a top 5 offensive line and a good RB core. To act like they are devoid of offensive talent outside of Josh is just inaccurate

Extrapolations are just estimates of course, I think had Keon stayed healthy he would have exceeded 700 yards and tacked on 1-2 TD's in a middle range projection. Of course he could go below or above that it's all just a guess. Of course Keon is going to have to learn to overcome adversity and improve upon his rookie season. By all accounts he's a hard worker with a high football IQ, so the effort will be there.

He also had a significant injury but if you extrapolated his stats over 13 games to a 17 game season his stats were about 770 yards and 5-6 TD's. I don't think he necessarily "ran out of gas" I think the injury derailed his momentum and he just never got it back as he didn't have that experience and the Bills also were leaning even more into a power running game as the weather got colder. On top of that he is just 21 years old (22 going into this season). I think acting like he's a bust or not going to be able to improve in year 2 and beyond is foolish.

Chargers could have felt that he wasn’t worth the contract which while not a massive deal isn’t cheap either. It’s an upper mid level contract for a WR that maybe the Chargers just thought he was a mid-level player getting overpaid

Also maybe 6 games off for a chronically injured veteran player might actually be a positive.

Keon was effective down the field, down the sidelines, and in contested catch situations. He had some manufactured touches but go back and watch his highlights it wasn't heavy on manufactured situations. That's not to say that there weren't some struggles and concerns too. But the kind of success that he had wasn't what you described.

Hamlin is a quality backup who is a solid special teams player. I have no idea why people seem to think that teams have 5 safeties better than Hamlin or 4-5 high end starting caliber safeties on their rosters.

I think his ceiling is a lower end WR1, but even if he's a high quality WR2 I think for pick 33 that's not a bad return on investment. Pick 33 for a WR is not the same as drafting a WR in the top 10ish range where you need that type of player to be dynamic WR1. I think if you get a WR at pick 33 that's constantly in the 800-1000 yard range on 55-75 receptions with 6-9 TD's on solid efficiency with pick 33 that's good value for the pick.

I have said this a lot about Ty but he reminds me a lot of a less powerful but faster Kevin Faulk. Faulk was always making clutch catches for 2-3 key first downs in big moments for the Pats while being a reliable backup and good pass blocker. Faulk much like Ty was an elite role player Faulk was an elite "third down back" in fact he was the first player I remember when I first started watching football in the late 90's and early 00's be referred to as a "3rd down back". Funny enough it was the Parcells/Billy B Giants that developed the modern 3rd down back with Dave Meggett. And then Faulk served that role well for the entire 2000's. Ty was a major factor in winning the Lions game and he had a good amount of key moments in other games as well. Similar to how 1-2 games a year Faulk would put up a big stat line that was key to winning a game and then most of the year just but up efficient somewhat low volume stats.